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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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General Dance Video Archive

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First steps

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Title
First steps
Names
Gayle, David (Interviewee)
Clegg, Peter (Interviewee)
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004 (Interviewee)
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 (Interviewee)
Murray, Jan (Interviewee)
Brinson, Peter (Interviewee)
Drummond, John, 1934-2006 (Interviewer)
Cheetham, Keith (Producer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1980-06-07
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7828
Topics
Ballet in motion pictures, television, etc
Dance -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain
Ballet -- Study and teaching
Dance schools -- England
Yorkshire Ballet Seminar
Rehearsals
Genres
Documentary films
Interviews
Filmed dance
Motion pictures
Notes
Venue: Telecast on Dance month, June 7, 1980 by the BBC2, London. Produced and directed by Keith Cheetham. Introduced by John Drummond.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (54 min., 34 sec.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Documentary on the 1979 Yorkshire Ballet Seminar given at Ilkley College. Includes class and rehearsal footage, and interviews with David Gayle, founder and director of the seminars, and guest teachers Peter Clegg, Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, Pamela May, and others. The last 5 min. is a discussion by John Drummond with writer/critic Jan Murray and Peter Brinson, director of the Gulbenkian Foundation, about dance education in Great Britain today and the forthcoming Gulbenkian report on Dance education and training.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY857043699-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12161913
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 46d862e0-99f3-0138-eff7-55238879a285
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1980: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "First steps" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980-06-07. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f9f02ad3-0fc1-472d-8d90-224ed37b4c22

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "First steps" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f9f02ad3-0fc1-472d-8d90-224ed37b4c22

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980-06-07). First steps Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f9f02ad3-0fc1-472d-8d90-224ed37b4c22

Wikipedia Citation

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First steps